wc-decision-board

wc-decision-board — render the advisory board

Implements footballfantasy/context/frameworks/decision-board-format.md. This is the system's product surface and the structural enforcement of "the agents feed me options, I decide." A board that reads like a command has failed even if its top option is right. The manager is the selection operator; this renders the choice for them.

Inputs

• The verified offspring (post-engine, post-specialist-verify): each with fitness decomposition, genotype lineage, repair log, and the specialists' dissent/annotations.
• The rank objective θ/k, the round/phase/deadline, mini-league standing, the diversity report.

Workflow

- [ ] 1. Select the 2–4 offspring to show (spanning the variance spectrum — at least one cover, one climb)
- [ ] 2. Render each as an OPTION (picks + decomposition + reasoning + bet + dissent + ownership read)
- [ ] 3. Write the TRADE-OFF axis (what actually separates them)
- [ ] 4. Write the RECOMMENDED DEFAULT (tied to θ, explicitly overridable)
- [ ] 5. Write WHAT I NEED FROM YOU (the inputs that would sharpen/change the board)
- [ ] 6. End on "your call." Write to boards/ and present. Do NOT proceed past this.

The rendered shape

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[DECISION] — [round id] · [phase] · lock [deadline]
Objective: θ=[protect|gain|neutral] (k=[..]) — [one line why]
Mini-league: [standing] · [rounds left]    Diversity: [wide|close]
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CONTEXT
  [2–4 lines: where we stand, what changed (eliminations, fixture swings,
   the field's notable moves), the one tension this decision turns on.]

── OPTION A · "[handle]" ─────────────────────────────────────
  Lineage:  [A1 captain core + A4 clean-sheet stack + A2 differential pod]
  Fitness:  [n]  ·  variance [band]
  Decomp:   xEV [n] · ownership-leverage [+/−n] · progression [n]
  Picks:    [squad/XI/captain/bench/chip — the concrete plan]
  Strength: [2–3 lines, football reasoning the manager can interrogate]
  Betting on: [the key assumption that must hold]
  Dissent:  [the strongest case against — from the critic / specialist verify]
  Ownership: [template-covering | balanced | differential-leaning]

── OPTION B · "[handle]" ── [a genuinely different bet — different variance band] ──
  …

[C, D as warranted; never more than 4]

THE TRADE-OFF
  [1–3 lines naming the axis the manager is choosing on — variance vs floor,
   template vs differential, this-round xEV vs progression carry.]

RECOMMENDED DEFAULT
  "If you do nothing else, [Option X] — because [one line tied to θ].
   If you'd rather [protect/gamble] instead, [Option Y]."

WHAT I NEED FROM YOU
  • [the input(s) that would change the board — standing, appetite, non-negotiables, chip intent]
  Your call — tell me which option (or your own variant) and I'll lock it and update state.
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Rules (the contract)

1. 2–4 options, genuinely distinct, spanning the variance spectrum (≥1 cover-leaning, ≥1 climb-leaning). Collapse near-duplicates.
2. Always show the decomposition. Never a bare fitness number — the manager re-weights by their own read.
3. Football register, expert. Reasoning the manager can interrogate, not "the model likes it."
4. Surface the dissent on every option. A board that only sells hides risk.
5. Recommend, don't command. The default is overridable and tied to θ, with the opposite-posture alternative named.
6. Ask for what would change the board. The "what I need from you" block is mandatory (or an explicit "no input needed").
7. End on the manager's move, then stop. Rendering the board is the last thing this skill does — it does not lock, update state, or proceed.

Mini-boards

Sub-decisions (switch the armband now or bank the 7? fire the Shield or hold? transfer X or Y?) use the same shape compressed to 2 options + trade-off + default + your-call. Same contract at every scale.

Guardrails

• If only one offspring survived verification, do not manufacture filler options — present the one with its dissent and explicitly say the alternatives were ruled out and why (and offer to widen the search if the manager wants more choice).
• If a load-bearing fact is unconfirmed (predicted XI, a knock), flag the affected option "confirm before lock."
• Write the board to boards/YYYY-MM-DD-<decision>.md and return its path; the Director presents and waits.